- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1927–1949
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 100.0
- Dominance
- 100.0
- Statistics
- 100.0
- Honours
- 96.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
GOAT Rank · 372
Greatest Cricketers of all time
This ranking is led by Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar and Donald Bradman. GOAT Rank currently ranks 372 eligible cricketers using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Don Bradman ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 96.8.
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- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1989–2013
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 93.0
- Statistics
- 98.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 100.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1928–1948
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 100.0
- Dominance
- 100.0
- Statistics
- 100.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1920–1951
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2002–2024
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 98.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1953–1974
- Country
- 🇧🇧 Barbados
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1984–2004
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1963–1988
- Country
- 🏴 West Indies
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 94.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1953–1974
- Country
- 🏴 West Indies
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1934–1960
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2008–active
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 95.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1919–1945
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 98.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1995–2009
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1991–2013
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 93.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1991–2011
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1988–2000
- Country
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1905–1934
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1927–1954
- Country
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1976–1996
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 90.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2006–2023
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2010–2024
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1991–2007
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1991–2009
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1997–2015
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2004–2023
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1894–1930
- Country
- 🏴 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 94.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1971–1993
- Country
- 🏴 West Indies
- Peak
- 93.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 90.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1960–1982
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1949–1969
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2000–2017
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1979–2000
- Country
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 92.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2013–active
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2006–2018
- Country
- 🏴 England
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1989–2003
- Country
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 90.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1995–2014
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Peak
- 88.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 94.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1998–2021
- Country
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- Peak
- 96.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2006–2019
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1946–1965
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 100.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1977–1996
- Country
- 🇧🇧 Barbados
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 82.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1947–1958
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 98.0
- Dominance
- 92.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 76.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1994–2015
- Country
- 🇬🇾 Guyana
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 84.0
- Statistics
- 96.0
- Honours
- 82.0
- Longevity
- 96.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1989–2011
- Country
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 92.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1998–2011
- Country
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 90.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2012–active
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 92.0
- Longevity
- 84.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1990–2007
- Country
- 🏴 West Indies
- Peak
- 94.0
- Dominance
- 88.0
- Statistics
- 93.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1953–1976
- Country
- 🏴 West Indies
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 84.0
- Longevity
- 90.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 1999–2014
- Country
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 86.0
- Longevity
- 88.0
- Sport
- Cricket
- Career
- 2006–active
- Country
- 🇮🇳 India
- Peak
- 92.0
- Dominance
- 86.0
- Statistics
- 94.0
- Honours
- 88.0
- Longevity
- 86.0
| # | Athlete | Sport | Country | Career | GOAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Bradman | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1927–1949 | 96.8 |
| 2 | Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 1989–2013 | 94.4 |
| 3 | Donald Bradman | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1928–1948 | 93.6 |
| 4 | Wally Hammond | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1920–1951 | 93.0 |
| 5 | James Anderson | Cricket | 🏴 England | 2002–2024 | 92.9 |
| 6 | Garry Sobers | Cricket | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 1953–1974 | 92.7 |
| 7 | Steve Waugh | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1984–2004 | 92.7 |
| 8 | Clive Lloyd | Cricket | 🏴 West Indies | 1963–1988 | 91.7 |
| 9 | Garfield Sobers | Cricket | 🏴 West Indies | 1953–1974 | 91.1 |
| 10 | Len Hutton | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1934–1960 | 90.9 |
| 11 | Virat Kohli | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 2008–active | 90.8 |
| 12 | Herbert Sutcliffe | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1919–1945 | 90.8 |
| 13 | Karen Rolton | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1995–2009 | 90.8 |
| 14 | Shakib Al Hasan | Cricket | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 2006–active | 90.8 |
| 15 | Shane Warne | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1991–2013 | 90.7 |
| 16 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Cricket | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 1991–2011 | 90.7 |
| 17 | Curtly Ambrose | Cricket | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 1988–2000 | 90.7 |
| 18 | Jack Hobbs | Cricket | 🏴 England | 1905–1934 | 90.6 |
| 19 | George Headley | Cricket | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1927–1954 | 90.6 |
| 20 | Allan Border | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1976–1996 | 90.5 |
| 21 | Stuart Broad | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2006–2023 | 90.5 |
| 22 | Ravichandran Ashwin | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 2010–2024 | 90.5 |
| 23 | Cathryn Fitzpatrick | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1991–2007 | 90.5 |
| 24 | Matthew Hayden | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1991–2009 | 90.4 |
| 25 | Virender Sehwag | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 1997–2015 | 90.4 |
| 26 | Katherine Sciver-Brunt | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2004–2023 | 90.4 |
| 27 | Sydney Barnes | Cricket | 🏴 United Kingdom | 1894–1930 | 90.3 |
| 28 | Viv Richards | Cricket | 🏴 West Indies | 1971–1993 | 90.2 |
| 29 | Rachael Heyhoe Flint | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1960–1982 | 90.2 |
| 30 | Fred Trueman | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1949–1969 | 90.1 |
| 31 | Younis Khan | Cricket | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 2000–2017 | 90.0 |
| 32 | Debbie Hockley | Cricket | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1979–2000 | 90.0 |
| 33 | Natalie Sciver-Brunt | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2013–active | 90.0 |
| 34 | Alastair Cook | Cricket | 🏴 England | 2006–2018 | 89.9 |
| 35 | Waqar Younis | Cricket | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 1989–2003 | 89.8 |
| 36 | Jacques Kallis | Cricket | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1995–2014 | 89.6 |
| 37 | Chris Gayle | Cricket | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1998–2021 | 89.6 |
| 38 | Sophie Devine | Cricket | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 2006–active | 89.6 |
| 39 | Sarah Taylor | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2006–2019 | 89.6 |
| 40 | Jim Laker | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1946–1965 | 89.6 |
| 41 | Malcolm Marshall | Cricket | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 1977–1996 | 89.5 |
| 42 | Betty Wilson | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1947–1958 | 89.4 |
| 43 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Cricket | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 1994–2015 | 89.4 |
| 44 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Cricket | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 1989–2011 | 89.3 |
| 45 | Claire Taylor | Cricket | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1998–2011 | 89.2 |
| 46 | Megan Schutt | Cricket | 🇦🇺 Australia | 2012–active | 89.2 |
| 47 | Brian Lara | Cricket | 🏴 West Indies | 1990–2007 | 88.8 |
| 48 | Lance Gibbs | Cricket | 🏴 West Indies | 1953–1976 | 88.8 |
| 49 | Graeme Smith | Cricket | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1999–2014 | 88.8 |
| 50 | Ravindra Jadeja | Cricket | 🇮🇳 India | 2006–active | 88.8 |
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Five verified components are weighted consistently: dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.
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